Scholars in the courtyard.

Chapter 1917 I am here to witness history
Just as my uncle and his partner were rushing to the Guangdong provincial capital by car, Yang Xiaotao also arrived in Chaoyang by car.

"The last time I came here, the surrounding area was still green."

"Now, the ground is covered with golden color!"

Yang Xiaotao sat in the passenger seat and looked at the fields on both sides of the road. Not far away, people were harvesting in the fields.

Xiaobo was driving and just nodded after hearing Yang Xiaotao say this.

He has been in the north all the time, and this is the first time he has seen such a Jiangnan water town.

But with so much food grown, there must be a lot that can be harvested.

With food, people won’t have to go hungry!

"Do you think it's a lot of food?"

As if he could see what Xiaobo was thinking, Yang Xiaotao spoke softly.

Xiaobo nodded, "Yes, there is so much food!"

"Is it much?"

Yang Xiaotao asked back with a smile.

Xiaobo frowned. He didn't know much about the fields. He just held the steering wheel tightly and waited for Yang Xiaotao to speak.

“Farming is a technical job!”

"Our country has thousands of years of history and has its own mature farming methods, even though each place has its own unique customs!"

“People plant crops according to the weather and then enjoy the gifts of the land!”

Xiaobo nodded without saying anything. This was something that everyone had been familiar with since ancient times.

But what Yang Xiaotao said next shocked him greatly.

Yang Xiaotao said, "But this kind of grabbing has its limits!"

"Just like the fields you see, even the best farmers can only produce about 300 kilograms of grain per acre!"

"How much land can a strong laborer cultivate in a year?"

"Ten acres? Twenty acres?"

"For a family of three, ten acres of land can only produce three thousand kilograms of grain a year."

"Then the grain that was handed in was deducted, and the surplus grain sold to the state was thrown out."

"It's good enough if a family can have 300 to 500 kilograms left."

"This is when things are good. If there is a natural disaster or a man-made calamity, or the wind and rain are bad, the whole family will starve!"

Xiaobo remained silent after hearing this.

Because what Yang Xiaotao said was true.

Just like the great famine three years ago.

Although he did not visit the countryside, the situation in the city was tense, not to mention the countryside.

"Then, how do we increase food?"

Xiaobo asked as Yang Xiaotao stretched his body with his hands behind his head.

“Two ways!”

Yang Xiaotao stretched out two fingers.

"First, the power of science, such as the use of fertilizers, herbicides, greenhouse films, etc."

“This method can improve the carrying capacity of the soil and reduce the competition for nutrients from weeds…”

After Yang Xiaotao finished speaking, Xiaobo looked at the potholes on the dirt road ahead, slowed down, and asked.

"The second one is what you call hybrid breeding, just like your Yangcun No. 1 corn, right?"

Yang Xiaotao smiled and said, "Yes, that's it!"

"Hybrid corn is a superior variety, which can achieve higher yields!"

Then he sat up straight, holding the handle to keep steady, "I once told the leader that high-yield corn can solve the food problem in the north."

"And the hybrid rice here can solve the country's food problem."

Xiaobo's heart shuddered and he took a breath of cold air.

As for the previous sentence, Yang Xiaotao has proved with practical actions that the emergence of Yangcun No. 1 has enriched the grain supply of the people in the north.

Even the exported corn grains can earn a large amount of foreign exchange every year.

And then the next sentence...

Most of the country's population is concentrated in the Jiangnan area!

Thinking of this, I became more and more curious about the hybrid rice that I was about to see.

When Yang Xiaotao saw Xiaobo didn't say anything, he knew that he was shocked, but that was not the point.

When super rice comes out in the future, the yield will be more than thirty times, not to mention three times!

"So, this is such a good thing, this is such an important thing, no one should think of destroying it!"

Xiaobo tightened his grip on the steering wheel and said in a serious tone, "Whoever dares to raise his hand will be chopped off!"

In the back, in the jeep.

Hao Pingchuan leaned back in his chair while Wang Hao drove.

Originally, the four of them could drive one car, but considering the car problem, they asked for two.

For this purpose, a barrel of gasoline was carried in the truck bed.

"Captain Hao, have you been here last time?"

Wang Hao followed the car in front and asked.

Hao Pingchuan hummed, "I came here with Director Yu last time. That time, we ran into a group of unruly people and almost ruined everything!"

Hao Pingchuan thought of what happened last time and couldn't help but sigh, "If it hadn't happened last time, we would have figured it out long ago!"

"It's all those bastards!"

Hao Pingchuan thought about the enemy he was facing and said with hatred, gritting his teeth.

Then he told Wang Hao about what happened last time, and he was shocked.

I don't understand why the villagers would do this.

If it were in Beijing, and we heard that there were such good grain seeds, wouldn’t we have taken care of them?
"We have all been deceived by others. Therefore, education must continue. Otherwise, we won't know what is good and what is bad, and will easily do stupid and bad things!"

"that's right!"

Wang Hao agreed, and thinking of how Yang Xiaotao forced them to endorse things in the factory, he admired Yang Xiaotao's foresight even more.

If they don't endorse it, they might become "accomplices".

"By the way, I heard Mr. Yang talk a lot about hybrid rice. Is this the same as hybrid corn?"

"How much do you think the output can be increased?"

Wang Hao asked. He had been to the northwest in recent years and had seen the situation of hybrid corn. He also understood the benefits that the emergence of hybrid corn brought to them.

At least after paying the surplus grain, people in the surrounding villages won’t have to eat wild vegetables and go hungry for the whole year!
It is not clear whether this hybrid rice can be the same as hybrid corn.

Hao Pingchuan was a little confused about Wang Hao's question, as he really didn't know anything about this.

"Well, do you know how much your hybrid corn has increased its yield?"

"Hey, I actually know this. In the past two years, I have been to the northwest with Mr. Yang several times, and I have also been to Yangjia Village several times."

"This is ordinary corn. The cobs and kernels are small. The best land can only produce 350 to 60 kilograms per mu, and the average land can only produce about 300 kilograms per mu!"

"This Yangcun No. 1, even the ordinary soil has 600 to 700 kilograms, and the better ones can have over 1,000 kilograms!"

After Wang Hao finished speaking, Hao Pingchuan moved his fingers and his heart trembled.

He didn't think much of it when he protected Yang Xiaotao in Shanghai last time, but now after hearing what Wang Hao said, he realized how important what Yang Xiaotao did was. The yield per mu should be increased by two or three times.

This is equivalent to increasing the country's grain production by two or three times.

By this calculation, a family's food, which originally lasted for half a year, now has some left over after a year, and can even raise one more child.

Having come through those difficult times, he naturally knew the feeling of not having enough to eat, and he had also witnessed the tragic scene of his brothers and sisters starving to death!
"So even if the yield of hybrid rice is only doubled, it will be a major event that benefits the country and the people!"

"We have to keep an eye on it and protect it!"

Hao Pingchuan suddenly started talking about something irrelevant, but Wang Hao understood what he meant.

This good thing is just like the machine tools in the machinery factory.

The jeep drove on the winding road for more than an hour. Thanks to the good maintenance of these cars, they did not break down at the critical moment.

During the trip, we encountered three checkpoints, all of which were used to check people coming and going.

Obviously, protective forces have been deliberately increased around the experimental fields.

At two o'clock in the afternoon, the car arrived in town.

As soon as he got off the car, Yang Xiaotao saw two people walking towards him from a distance.

It couldn’t be Mr. Yuan, Yu Hua or someone else.

Yang Xiaotao jumped out of the car and walked towards him.

"Brother Yuan!"

“Brother Yang!”

The two were very happy to meet each other. "On behalf of the comrades in the research group, I welcome you!"

Yang Xiaotao patted Teacher Yuan's arm and said, "I'll do it. I can't help with anything else. I'm here purely to witness history."

"But your brother, it's dark again!"

Yang Xiaotao looked at Teacher Yuan who was standing on his shoulder and couldn't help but joke.

Teacher Yuan smiled happily, "It's better to be a little darker, there is no farmer who is not dark!"

Then he looked at Xiaobo and the others and said, "It would be abnormal if it wasn't black!"

As they were talking, Xiaobo and Wang Hao saw that he was wearing a loose white coat, with mud stuck on his calves under his rolled-up trouser legs. He had a bamboo hat hanging behind him with a rope around his neck, and he looked like an old country farmer.

Hao Pingchuan had met Teacher Yuan before, so he was not surprised by his appearance.

The two were shocked when they saw this. This didn't look like a researcher at all.

At the very least, you have to be like Yang Xiaotao and have a bit of bookish air!
When they saw Teacher Yuan looking at them, they smiled and nodded.

No matter what else, this is a person that General Manager Yang values, and even Brother Yuan has called him. This is a treatment that Guan Zhiyong, Sun Guo and others do not have!

Yang Xiaotao looked at Yu Hua again.

"Teacher Yang!"

"Good, you've recovered well. I heard that you and An Ran are going to have a baby soon?"

"Sure, I got the senior sister. That's awesome!"

"By the way, after you got married, she didn't bully you, did she?"

Yu Hua still looked honest and laughed at Yang Xiaotao's teasing.

"It's okay, Senior An Ran, you are still very gentle!"

After saying this, Teacher Yuan started laughing.

You know your own students clearly.

An Ran is a girl with a completely boyish temperament.

Yu Hua is an honest boy.

Sometimes I really wish they could switch personalities.

But it’s better this way, at least there is someone who can tolerate An Ran.

Teacher Yuan smiled, Yu Hua looked even more embarrassed, but Yang Xiaotao went up to the mountain and hugged his shoulders, "It seems that An Ran's tenderness is all given to you!"

As soon as the words fell, there was laughter all around.

After everyone met each other, they got in the car and headed to the base together.

In the car, Yang Xiaotao and Teacher Yuan sat in the back seat, Xiaobo drove, and Yu Hua sat in the passenger seat.

"Brother Yang, I didn't have time to take care of you last time, so this time I specially left a pond of rice field fish for you!"

After Teacher Yuan finished speaking, Yu Hua also turned around and said, "Last time when we released the water, the teacher said that this fish is kept and waiting for you to come!"

Yang Xiaotao patted Teacher Yuan's arm and said, "Brother, you are so thoughtful. We must eat this fish!"

"By the way, has the thresher I mentioned last time arrived?"

“Here we are, here we are!”

Teacher Yuan said happily, "When the machine was delivered to our base, people from the surrounding villages came to see it!"

"We took it out to the next village these two days and used it. Wow, it was really fast!"

Teacher Yuan stretched out his hands and gestured, as if imitating the falling of rice.

"It's OK as long as it works. It's being produced all over the country now. After a while, it will be popularized, with at least one in every village."

Teacher Yuan was very happy to hear this, as this would save time and effort!

"Teacher Yang, we heard that you made that machine? It's amazing. You can harvest all the rice in the village with just one machine in two days."

"If we had such a good machine earlier, we wouldn't have to work so hard!"

Yu Hua turned around and said, Yang Xiaotao patted his shoulder, "Don't worry, there will be better machines in the future."

"Then one person will be able to sow and harvest!"

"Really? There's a machine like that?"

"Of course it's true! Look at what I do, a glorious revolutionary worker!"

"Then, how much land can we plant?"

Teacher Yuan also laughed when he heard this, "Of course, we should plant as much land as we have!"

Half an hour later, the car arrived at the base.

Everyone got off the car, and Yang Xiaotao saw Squad Leader Wang who had been the escort last time.

However, it should be Captain Wang at this time.

Since the last assassination incident, the security here has been doubled.

Squad Leader Wang then became Captain Wang, specifically responsible for the safety of the research institute.

"Team Yang!"

Captain Wang stepped forward and addressed the three people according to their relationships.

"Thanks for your hard work!"

Yang Xiaotao stepped forward to shake hands, and Captain Wang shook his head, "It's not hard. Seeing our comrades working hard, we all think it's worth it!"

Yang Xiaotao nodded and encouraged him again, then met with the researchers at the base.

Captain Wang came to the side and started communicating with Hao Pingchuan and Xiaobo.

The more critical the moment, the more vigilant we must be!

Yang Xiaotao met with the researchers one by one.

It was An Ran's turn. Even with her big belly, she looked like a lady.

The two men met, and Yang Xiaotao presented the gifts he brought, which were all prepared before departure, including milk powder for children and some supplements.

Everyone greeted them, and then enthusiastically invited them into the house.